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Pending Home Sales Show Healthy Gain, Hint at Spring Surge

Washington, April 05, 2010 Pending home sales rose in February, potentially signaling a second surge of home sales in response to the home buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors®. More...Read more

February Existing-Home Sales Ease with Mixed Conditions Around the Country

Washington, March 23, 2010 Existing-home sales declined slightly in February, with modest gains in the Northeast and Midwest offset by softer sales in the South and West, according to the National Association of Realtors®. More...
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Washington, March 23, 2010 Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be restructured as government-chartered, non-shareholder owned authorities, the National Association of Realtors® said in congressional testimony today. More...
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Severe Weather Impacting Market

Washington, March 04, 2010 Pending home sales are down and additional declines are expected from abnormal weather conditions, according to the National Association of Realtors®. More...Read more

National housing indicators

Existing home sales ()

5.02 million units*

Existing home median price ()

$165,100

Housing Starts ()

575,000 units*

New home sales ()

National economic indicators

Home ownership

4th Qtr 09

67.2%

4th Qtr 08

67.5%

The homeownership rate in the fourth quarter 2009 (67.2 percent) was not statistically different from the fourth quarter 2008 rate (67.5 percent). In the South, the homeownership rate was lower than a year ago, while no other region showed any significant change from corresponding fourth quarter 2008 rates.

New home sales

Feb 2010

-2.2%

Jan 2010

-8.7%

Sales of new one-family houses in February 2010 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 308,000. This is 2.2% below the revised January 2010 estimate of 315,000.

Source: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

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Regional market updates

View market statistics for your region.

Click on the links below to view data from two different industry sources. Choose information on local prices & state sales from any of 178 metropolitan housing markets prepared by the National Association of REALTORS® or information on sales & price activity from local area markets in 25 states prepared by Clarus MarketMetrics.

Local Sales & Price Activity

Denise Hackbarth

HOUSTON — (February 15, 2011) — Despite the bone-chilling winter weather, Houston's housing market heated up in January, recording the first increase in property sales since June 2010. Pricing also heated up in the first month of the new year, with the average price of single-family homes reaching the highest level ever for a January in Houston Read more

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